NBA Win Futures Report
The NBA regular season is in the books, and it’s time to review how the NBA win futures turned out—how each team performed against its Over/Under win expectation in Las Vegas at the start of the season.
The NBA regular season is in the books, and it’s time to review how the NBA win futures turned out—how each team performed against its Over/Under win expectation in Las Vegas at the start of the season.
Today’s focus is the NBA Southwest Division, with a look at each team’s personnel, and how they compare to expectations, as defined by the NBA win futures posted in Las Vegas
It’s an interesting division, with both Chicago and Indiana seeing themselves as title contenders and having legitimate basis for that belief. Cleveland and Detroit see themselves as a ready to make the playoffs, and they also have reason for confidence. Milwaukee probably doesn’t know what to think of themselves after an offseason of change, but as we’ll see, they have enough talent to be interesting.
Let’s take a look at the basic personnel of all five teams in the NBA Southeast Division and compare them to Las Vegas expectations, as measured in the Over/Under NBA win futures.
We’ll run through the basics of each team’s lineup, and then compare them to their projected Over/Under win totals on the Las Vegas win props…
The Houston Rockets are the #8 seed in the Western Conference as the NBA heads into the All-Star break this weekend. We don’t know if the Rockets can hold off any of Portland, Dallas or the Los Angeles Lakers for the final playoff berth. We assume the Rockets can’t beat either San Antonio or Oklahoma City in a first-round playoff series. But we do know this—they’ve buried Las Vegas. With 27 games still to play in the regular season, Houston has already beaten its Over/Under number on the preseason NBA win props.